🗺️ Mitsui Memorial Museum (三井記念美術館)三井記念美術館

The museum collects and displays artworks donated by the Mitsui family (Mitsui Group). The "Mitsui Bunko Annex," originally located in Nakano Ward, was relocated to Nihonbashi, which has deep ties to the Mitsui family and Mitsui Group, and the "Mitsui Memorial Museum" was opened in 2005. The museum is situated on the 7th floor of the "Mitsui Main Building," which is a symbol of Western-style architecture from the early Showa period in Japan and has been designated as an Important Cultural Property. The collection includes approximately 4,000 items such as tea sets, paintings, calligraphy, swords, Noh masks, Noh costumes, and furniture, as well as around 130,000 world-class postage stamp collections. It features six national treasures, including "Snow Cedar Folding Screen" painted by 円山応挙 (Maruyama Ōkyo) for the Mitsui family, the national treasure "Shino Tea Bowl with the Inscription of Uhana Wall," and "Kumano Gokōki" written by 藤原定家 (Fujiwara no Teika), along with 75 important cultural properties and 4 important artworks, all of which are rare collectibles. The museum holds special exhibitions or exhibitions focused on its collection. There are no permanent exhibitions, so please check the exhibition schedule in advance on the official website.

The collection includes approximately 4,000 precious artworks collected by the Mitsui family and about 130,000 stamps. The collection features six national treasures, including Maruyama Ōkyo's "Snowy Pine Folding Screen." The museum is located on the 7th floor of the Mitsui Main Building, which has been designated as an important cultural property of the nation. There is no permanent exhibition; instead, it is open for special exhibitions and exhibitions of the collection.